Book overview
Join award-winning science writer
Seymour Simon in this completely updated edition of Our Solar System, as
he takes young readers on a fascinating tour through space!
With beautiful full-color
photographs and spacecraft images, including many taken by the Mars rovers and
Hubble Space Telescope, this nonfiction picture book teaches young readers all about the solar system, including the sun, the
eight planets, and their moons. Covering all the latest discoveries in space,
young astronomers will be over the moon about the fun facts, fascinating
science, and incredible photographs. A must-have for every child interested in
outer space!
This book includes an author's note, a glossary, an index,
and further reading suggestions.
An excellent choice for classrooms and homeschooling, Our Solar System supports
the Common Core State Standards.
Check out these other Seymour Simon
books about the universe and space:
- Comets, Meteors, and Asteroids
- Destination: Jupiter
- Destination: Mars
- Destination: Space
- Exoplanets
- Galaxies
- Stars
- The Sun
- The Universe